Photo/Illutration The predicted path of Typhoon No. 7 (Captured from the Japan Meteorological Agency’s website)

Typhoon No. 7 is forecast to bring heavy rain and winds strong enough to overturn vehicles to eastern and northeastern Japan, especially in the Kanto region, on Aug. 16 and 17.

The Japan Meteorological Agency is warning residents in the Kanto region, which includes the Tokyo area, to take precautions against airborne objects, landslides, flooding and overflowing rivers.

Rainfall is expected to reach 300 millimeters in the Kanto region, 200 mm in the Koshin region and Izu island chain, and 120 mm in the Tohoku and Tokai regions over the 24 hours to 6 a.m. on Aug. 17, the agency said.

The Japan Coast Guard has advised large vessels to evacuate from Tokyo Bay and avoid entering the bay until the season’s seventh typhoon, also called Ampil, has passed.

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) will suspend all Tokyo-Nagoya Shinkansen services on Aug. 16.

Additionally, all services will be canceled on the section between Nagoya and Shin-Osaka.

Instead, the company will operate about two Kodama bullet trains per hour in both directions, with all seats being unreserved except for those in a few first-class cars. The Kodama stops at all stations on the line. 

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) canceled 20 trains on the Tohoku, Joetsu and Yamagata Shinkansen lines that were scheduled to start from around 11 a.m. on Aug. 16. 

JR East also warned that other trains, including those on the Hokuriku and Akita Shinkansen lines, may experience delays or cancellations depending on the circumstances.

All Nippon Airways Co. canceled two flights connecting Haneda and Hachijojima airports on Aug. 15, as well as 280 flights to and from Haneda and Narita airports on the following day.

Japan Airlines Co. has grounded 191 domestic flights and 26 international flights to and from Haneda and Narita airports on Aug. 16.

East Nippon Expressway Co. and Central Nippon Expressway Co. said they might have to close some sections of their highways in light of the typhoon.

As of 3 a.m. on Aug. 15, Typhoon No. 7 was located north-northwest of Chichijima island in the Pacific Ocean and moving northward toward Japan at a speed of 20 kph.

The central pressure was 975 hectopascals, with a maximum wind speed near the center of 108 kph and a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 162 kph.

Winds of 90 kph or more were occurring within a radius of 110 kilometers from the center.

You can find the latest forecast map at the JMA website.

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